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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Rising Stars 52 272 272 89 89 125 9762
Plant Science and Agronomy 58 1359 1247 122 121 102 11149
Environmental Sciences 60 2954 2823 301 297 123 12074

Lei Deng publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Lei Deng between 2012 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Lei Deng published across 14 years, from 2012 to 2025, averaging 14.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 31 publications in 2024. 56 of the 205 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2012 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 31. Peak 31 publications in 2024. 2012: 1 publication 2013: 4 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 18 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 21 publications 2023: 26 publications 2024: 31 publications 2025: 25 publications
2012 2025

205 publications in total across all disciplines

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Lei Deng: publications per year, 2012 to 2025
Year Publications
2012 1
2013 4
2014 9
2015 4
2016 12
2017 16
2018 13
2019 18
2020 14
2021 11
2022 21
2023 26
2024 31
2025 25
Total 205
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Lei Deng publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lei Deng sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 467+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 255. Most scientists, 255, have 111–115 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 101–105 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 2 scientists 41–45 publications: 7 scientists 46–50 publications: 40 scientists 51–55 publications: 58 scientists 56–60 publications: 60 scientists 61–65 publications: 107 scientists 66–70 publications: 130 scientists 71–75 publications: 153 scientists 76–80 publications: 191 scientists 81–85 publications: 199 scientists 86–90 publications: 206 scientists 91–95 publications: 218 scientists 96–100 publications: 226 scientists 101–105 publications: 227 scientists 106–110 publications: 247 scientists 111–115 publications: 255 scientists 116–120 publications: 253 scientists 121–125 publications: 233 scientists 126–130 publications: 219 scientists 131–135 publications: 201 scientists 136–140 publications: 194 scientists 141–145 publications: 176 scientists 146–150 publications: 157 scientists 151–155 publications: 147 scientists 156–160 publications: 151 scientists 161–165 publications: 159 scientists 166–170 publications: 137 scientists 171–175 publications: 128 scientists 176–180 publications: 126 scientists 181–185 publications: 98 scientists 186–190 publications: 114 scientists 191–195 publications: 100 scientists 196–200 publications: 90 scientists 201–205 publications: 71 scientists 206–210 publications: 98 scientists 211–215 publications: 70 scientists 216–220 publications: 86 scientists 221–225 publications: 61 scientists 226–230 publications: 58 scientists 231–235 publications: 53 scientists 236–240 publications: 64 scientists 241–245 publications: 39 scientists 246–250 publications: 46 scientists 251–255 publications: 51 scientists 256–260 publications: 36 scientists 261–265 publications: 44 scientists 266–270 publications: 35 scientists 271–275 publications: 30 scientists 276–280 publications: 33 scientists 281–285 publications: 35 scientists 286–290 publications: 36 scientists 291–295 publications: 26 scientists 296–300 publications: 26 scientists 301–305 publications: 31 scientists 306–310 publications: 30 scientists 311–315 publications: 21 scientists 316–320 publications: 29 scientists 321–325 publications: 14 scientists 326–330 publications: 15 scientists 331–335 publications: 15 scientists 336–340 publications: 17 scientists 341–345 publications: 15 scientists 346–350 publications: 12 scientists 351–355 publications: 17 scientists 356–360 publications: 18 scientists 361–365 publications: 12 scientists 366–370 publications: 11 scientists 371–375 publications: 6 scientists 376–380 publications: 6 scientists 381–385 publications: 11 scientists 386–390 publications: 9 scientists 391–395 publications: 10 scientists 396–400 publications: 8 scientists 401–405 publications: 4 scientists 406–410 publications: 9 scientists 411–415 publications: 11 scientists 416–420 publications: 4 scientists 421–425 publications: 7 scientists 426–430 publications: 4 scientists 431–435 publications: 3 scientists 436–440 publications: 5 scientists 441–445 publications: 8 scientists 446–450 publications: 6 scientists 451–455 publications: 7 scientists 456–460 publications: 5 scientists 461–465 publications: 6 scientists 466 publications: 2 scientists 467+ publications: 99 scientists
36–40 publications 467+

This scientist: 102 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 2
41–45 7
46–50 40
51–55 58
56–60 60
61–65 107
66–70 130
71–75 153
76–80 191
81–85 199
86–90 206
91–95 218
96–100 226
101–105 227 102
106–110 247
111–115 255
116–120 253
121–125 233
126–130 219
131–135 201
136–140 194
141–145 176
146–150 157
151–155 147
156–160 151
161–165 159
166–170 137
171–175 128
176–180 126
181–185 98
186–190 114
191–195 100
196–200 90
201–205 71
206–210 98
211–215 70
216–220 86
221–225 61
226–230 58
231–235 53
236–240 64
241–245 39
246–250 46
251–255 51
256–260 36
261–265 44
266–270 35
271–275 30
276–280 33
281–285 35
286–290 36
291–295 26
296–300 26
301–305 31
306–310 30
311–315 21
316–320 29
321–325 14
326–330 15
331–335 15
336–340 17
341–345 15
346–350 12
351–355 17
356–360 18
361–365 12
366–370 11
371–375 6
376–380 6
381–385 11
386–390 9
391–395 10
396–400 8
401–405 4
406–410 9
411–415 11
416–420 4
421–425 7
426–430 4
431–435 3
436–440 5
441–445 8
446–450 6
451–455 7
456–460 5
461–465 6
466 2
467+ 99
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Lei Deng D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lei Deng sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
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Bar chart with 80 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 109+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 58 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 200
31 236
32 253
33 283
34 288
35 240
36 246
37 243
38 247
39 229
40 232
41 230
42 228
43 219
44 193
45 164
46 158
47 143
48 131
49 127
50 122
51 122
52 110
53 102
54 98
55 79
56 85
57 88
58 91 58
59 62
60 61
61 59
62 54
63 61
64 59
65 58
66 41
67 49
68 39
69 32
70 40
71 47
72 38
73 28
74 29
75 28
76 22
77 21
78 25
79 26
80 19
81 16
82 12
83 16
84 14
85 11
86 17
87 13
88 10
89 12
90 18
91 16
92 16
93 17
94 12
95 8
96 9
97 9
98 11
99 12
100 5
101 8
102 4
103 11
104 5
105 9
106 7
107 4
108 8
109+ 99
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Ecosystem
  • Gene

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Soil carbon, Carbon sequestration, Agroforestry, Agronomy and Afforestation. Lei Deng has researched Soil carbon in several fields, including Grassland and Land use, land-use change and forestry. His work is dedicated to discovering how Carbon sequestration, Shrubland are connected with Sink and Environmental protection and other disciplines.

The Agroforestry study which covers Land use that intersects with Evapotranspiration, Vegetation, Arid, Land restoration and Revegetation. His studies in Agronomy integrate themes in fields like Soil biodiversity, Soil organic matter, Soil horizon and Soil retrogression and degradation. His Afforestation study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Bio-energy with carbon capture and storage, Reforestation, Carbon sink, Greenhouse gas and Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere.

His most cited work include:

  • Land-use conversion and changing soil carbon stocks in China's 'Grain-for-Green' Program: a synthesis. (313 citations)
  • Effects of the grain-for-green program on soil erosion in China (150 citations)
  • Effects of national ecological restoration projects on carbon sequestration in China from 2001 to 2010. (122 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Agronomy, Soil carbon, Vegetation, Carbon sequestration and Grassland are his primary areas of study. Lei Deng combines subjects such as Soil water, Soil fertility, Ecosystem and Land use, land-use change and forestry with his study of Agronomy. His study in Soil carbon is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Agroforestry, Afforestation, Ecological succession, Topsoil and Soil horizon.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Restoration ecology, Land use, Water content, Arid and Terrestrial ecosystem in addition to Vegetation. His Carbon sequestration research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Forestry, Soil chemistry, Carbon sink and Greenhouse gas. His work carried out in the field of Grassland brings together such families of science as Shrub, Grazing and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (81.90%)
  • Soil carbon (76.72%)
  • Vegetation (52.59%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Soil carbon (76.72%)
  • Agronomy (81.90%)
  • Vegetation (52.59%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Soil carbon, Agronomy, Vegetation, Ecological succession and Ecology. His Soil carbon research includes elements of Sink, Ecosystem, Greenhouse gas, Environmental chemistry and Erosion. His work on Litter is typically connected to Climatic gradient as part of general Agronomy study, connecting several disciplines of science.

His research in Vegetation tackles topics such as Soil nutrients which are related to areas like Spatial heterogeneity, Plant diversity, Ecotone and Restoration ecology. His work deals with themes such as Total inorganic carbon, Temperate rainforest, Forest ecology and Subsoil, which intersect with Ecological succession. His research in the fields of Soil biology, Shrubland, Soil quality and Climax community overlaps with other disciplines such as Feedback effect.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • A Transcriptional Network Promotes Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Tomato Flesh. (25 citations)
  • Soil GHG fluxes are altered by N deposition: New data indicate lower N stimulation of the N 2 O flux and greater stimulation of the calculated C pools (17 citations)
  • Soil GHG fluxes are altered by N deposition: New data indicate lower N stimulation of the N 2 O flux and greater stimulation of the calculated C pools (17 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Ecosystem
  • Gene

Soil carbon, Sink, Greenhouse gas, Environmental chemistry and Wetland are his primary areas of study. His Soil carbon study deals with the bigger picture of Ecology. His Sink research incorporates themes from Bamboo, Carbon dioxide and Carbon cycle, Ecosystem.

His research integrates issues of Terrestrial ecosystem and Carbon sink in his study of Wetland.

Best Publications

  • Land-use conversion and changing soil carbon stocks in China's 'Grain-for-Green' Program: a synthesis.

    Lei Deng;Guo-bin Liu;Guo-bin Liu;Zhou-ping Shangguan;Zhou-ping Shangguan

  • Effects of national ecological restoration projects on carbon sequestration in China from 2001 to 2010.

    Fei Lu;Huifeng Hu;Wenjuan Sun;Jiaojun Zhu

  • MYC2 Orchestrates a Hierarchical Transcriptional Cascade That Regulates Jasmonate-Mediated Plant Immunity in Tomato.

    Minmin Du;Jiuhai Zhao;Jiuhai Zhao;David T.W. Tzeng;Yuanyuan Liu;Yuanyuan Liu

  • Drought effects on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in global natural ecosystems

    Lei Deng;Lei Deng;Changhui Peng;Dong-Gill Kim;Jiwei Li

  • Effects of the grain-for-green program on soil erosion in China

    Lei Deng;Zhou-ping Shangguan;Rui Li

  • Global patterns of the effects of land-use changes on soil carbon stocks

    Lei Deng;Guang-yu Zhu;Zhuang-sheng Tang;Zhou-ping Shangguan

  • Driving factors of ecosystem services and their spatiotemporal change assessment based on land use types in the Loess Plateau.

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  • MYC2 Regulates the Termination of Jasmonate Signaling via an Autoregulatory Negative Feedback Loop.

    Yuanyuan Liu;Yuanyuan Liu;Minmin Du;Lei Deng;Jiafang Shen

  • Afforestation Drives Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Changes in China

    Lei Deng;Lei Deng;Zhou‐ping Shangguan;Zhou‐ping Shangguan

  • Severe depletion of soil moisture following land-use changes for ecological restoration: Evidence from northern China

    Lei Deng;Lei Deng;Weiming Yan;Yongwang Zhang;Zhouping Shangguan;Zhouping Shangguan

  • A Transcriptional Network Promotes Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Tomato Flesh.

    Chuanlong Sun;Lei Deng;Minmin Du;Jiuhai Zhao

  • Past and future carbon sequestration benefits of China’s grain for green program

    Lei Deng;Lei Deng;Lei Deng;Shuguang Liu;Dong Gill Kim;Changhui Peng;Changhui Peng

  • Effects of grazing exclusion on carbon sequestration in China's grassland.

    Lei Deng;Lei Deng;Zhou-Ping Shangguan;Gao-Lin Wu;Gao-Lin Wu;Xiao-Feng Chang

  • Mediator subunit MED25 links the jasmonate receptor to transcriptionally active chromatin.

    Chunpeng An;Lin Li;Qingzhe Zhai;Yanrong You

  • Soil organic carbon storage capacity positively related to forest succession on the Loess Plateau, China

    Lei Deng;Kai-Bo Wang;Mei-Ling Chen;Zhou-Ping Shangguan

  • Drivers of soil microbial metabolic limitation changes along a vegetation restoration gradient on the Loess Plateau, China

    Lei Deng;Lei Deng;Changhui Peng;Chunbo Huang;Kaibo Wang

  • Long-term fencing effects on plant diversity and soil properties in China

    Lei Deng;Zhinan Zhang;Zhouping Shangguan

  • Patterns of soil microbial nutrient limitations and their roles in the variation of soil organic carbon across a precipitation gradient in an arid and semi-arid region.

    Yongxing Cui;Linchuan Fang;Linchuan Fang;Lei Deng;Xiaobin Guo

  • "Grain for Green" driven land use change and carbon sequestration on the Loess Plateau, China.

    Lei Deng;Zhou-ping Shangguan;Sandra Sweeney

  • Soil GHG fluxes are altered by N deposition: New data indicate lower N stimulation of the N 2 O flux and greater stimulation of the calculated C pools

    Lei Deng;Lei Deng;Lei Deng;Chunbo Huang;Chunbo Huang;Dong-Gill Kim;Zhouping Shangguan;Zhouping Shangguan

  • Effects of grassland afforestation on structure and function of soil bacterial and fungal communities.

    Kaibo Wang;Yongwang Zhang;Zhuangsheng Tang;Zhouping Shangguan

  • Soil organic carbon dynamics following natural vegetation restoration: Evidence from stable carbon isotopes (δ13C)

    Lei Deng;Lei Deng;Kaibo Wang;Zhuangsheng Tang;Zhouping Shangguan

  • Effects of age and land-use changes on soil carbon and nitrogen sequestrations following cropland abandonment on the Loess Plateau, China

    Lei Deng;Guo-liang Wang;Guo-bin Liu;Zhou-ping Shangguan

  • Soil aggregate stability and aggregate-associated carbon and nitrogen in natural restoration grassland and Chinese red pine plantation on the Loess Plateau

    Guang-yu Zhu;Zhou-ping Shangguan;Zhou-ping Shangguan;Lei Deng;Lei Deng

  • Controls of soil and aggregate‐associated organic carbon variations following natural vegetation restoration on the Loess Plateau in China

    Lei Deng;Lei Deng;Dong-Gill Kim;Changhui Peng;Zhouping Shangguan;Zhouping Shangguan

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhouping Shangguan
Zhouping Shangguan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Changhui Peng
Changhui Peng University of Quebec at Montreal
Chuanyou Li
Chuanyou Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhi-Hua Shi
Zhi-Hua Shi Huazhong Agricultural University
Guobin Liu
Guobin Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gao-Lin Wu
Gao-Lin Wu Lanzhou University
Xinhua He
Xinhua He University of Western Australia
Yakov Kuzyakov
Yakov Kuzyakov University of Göttingen
Wei Zhao
Wei Zhao Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
Guo-Liang Wang
Guo-Liang Wang The Ohio State University

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